Chapter 722: The Second Half
Sometimes the game is not necessarily because the goal has been scored, but the other way around, the game with time to score a lot of goals can be exciting, and the match between Manchester City and Barcelona belongs to the former. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although they are all full of Dutch football, they are completely different, Barcelona football is in control, while Manchester City's football is simple and effective, and after a few passes, it will inevitably attack the opponent's hinterland.
In the 24th minute, Messi put on a wonderful performance again, but this time he did not shoot himself, but chose to pass.
He broke down the left and crossed back to Andres Iniesta, who whipped in a long-range shot from the edge of the box that was saved by Joe Hart, but the ball still belonged to Barcelona.
Fabregas, the Barcelona midfielder actually rushed into the Manchester City penalty area without anyone noticing, but Fabregas's shot was really not much, even if it was unguarded, the ball was directly missed by him.
In the thirtieth minute, Li Feng finally ushered in the first shot of the game, the pass from the left side, the return pass after Silva's breakthrough, Li Feng directly hit the goal with his feet in the big penalty area, and the ball flew out of the bottom line with a crossbar.
In the 33rd minute, the most controversial scene occurred in the first half, when Iniesta broke through the middle and was bumped by Kompany, and the referee did not give Barcelona a penalty, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the Barcelona players.
'It was a correct decision, Kompany didn't foul and the City captain didn't make any fouls when he intercepted,' said the England commentator without hesitation.
Of course~~~ In Spain, it must be another situation, after all, it is the team of their own country, and partiality is unavoidable, after all, no matter how professional it is, it is always a person, not to mention that football is originally a highly confrontational sport.
In the 40th minute, Xavi also ushered in the first shot of the game, Adriano started from behind, and crossed low, a low ball, but in the end it was not Barcelona's players who grabbed the ball, but Boateng, and the Manchester City defender cleared the ball.
Falling at the feet of Xavi in the big penalty area, the Barcelona core will certainly not hesitate, starting with a long-range shot, and even the level of this long-range shot is quite high.
It's just that the Manchester City goalkeeper is not a vegetarian, especially after seeing Valdés' outstanding performance, he jumped and lifted Xavi's long-range shot with both hands.
Then Barcelona started a tactical corner, and finally Messi completed the shot, but Messi's shot was directly bagged by Joe Hart.
Judging from the situation in the first half, Li Feng and Messi had no direct competition at all, and even there were very few confrontations in the air.
As for Barcelona Messi, the first half performance was not as active as before, or Manchester City's defense was good, De Jong's task was not completed, and Boateng was extremely good, whether it was facing Messi, Sanchez or Iniesta, Manchester City's central defenders did not fall behind.
Although the attack in the last few minutes belonged to Barcelona, the Universe's really threatening shots on goal were not, but even if they didn't score in the first half, the attack of both sides still played very well.
"All in all, there were a lot of chances for both sides in the first half, but it seemed that they were a little bit less lucky, and we can expect the performance of both sides in the second half" With the referee's whistle, the first half of the game officially came to an end.
Of course~~~ If this game is for the names of Li Feng and Messi, then the performance of the two in the first half will definitely disappoint them.
What they want to see is the mutual competition between Li Feng and Messi, rather than the overall attack of the two teams, although the all-day attack of the two teams can be described as kind and pleasing to the eye.
Back in the dressing room, Van Basten focused on the performances of Frenkie de Jong and Boateng, who were arguably the biggest contributors to the containment of Barcelona's attack in the defensive end of the first half.
Frenkie de Jong executed Van Basten's tactics perfectly, restricting Xavi's passing routes, while Boateng did not fall behind in the middle against anyone up front.
"In the second half~~~ we increased the number of crosses, the wind ~~ Yaya, you have to attack the opponent's penalty area more" Barcelona's weakness no longer needs much, but in the first half, Manchester City's crosses were not much.
In the face of the head coach's request, Li Feng and Yaya Toure naturally have no opinion, Li Feng's height is good, but in Barcelona, Li Feng is already very tall, and Li Feng's physical fitness and bounce are quite amazing.
When the players from both sides came out of the dressing room again, a light rain began to fall in the sky of Manchester, but the two teams were obviously prepared, although the weather forecast is the same thing as a woman's mood, but everything that should be prepared needs to be prepared, and the two teams changed their shoes as early as the dressing room.
However, rain is always an uncertain factor for the game, especially for Barcelona, Spain is not England, and the weather in England is estimated to be enjoyed by not many people except for the natives, coupled with the control that Barcelona are looking for.
However, at the beginning of the second half, Barcelona reminded Manchester City that even if it rained, even if they were not good at rain, they Barcelona was still Barcelona, and they were still the strongest team in Europe.
Yaya Toure's pass was cut off, Barcelona launched a quick attack, and Cesc Fabregas and Messi made a series of collisions against the wall, and finally Messi attracted most of City's defence and created a chance for Fabregas to shoot.
It's just a pity that Fabregas's shot is really substandard, with an anti-aircraft gun, the ball flew directly out of the bottom line and flew to the stands.
Goal kick, Joe Hart started with a big foot, Li Feng and Busquets competed, although Li Feng was much shorter than Busquets, but he completely crushed the opponent in terms of bounce and physical fitness.
But the moment Li Feng topped the ball, he regretted it, because he found that Mascherano had rushed out of the penalty area, when Dzeko controlled the ball and wanted to turn around, Xiao Ma instantly stretched out his foot and stabbed the ball out of Dzeko's control, and the ball returned to the feet of Barcelona again, another wave of rapid attack.
Xavi, Barcelona core through the middle, Iniesta moved horizontally, Messi and Sanchez went together, "Danger ~~~" At this time, the direct pass was completed Xavi yelled, but this sound did not change the next thing.
The blue seven, just after passing the ball to Dzeko, Li Feng decisively returned to defend and finally rushed to Iniesta's side, and made a slip tackle before his pass. (To be continued.) )